Hancock 2008 premiere

1. Will Smith

Willard Carroll "Will" Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, comedian, producer, rapper, and songwriter. He has enjoyed success in television, film, and music. In April 2007, Newsweek called him "the most powerful actor in Hollywood". Smith has been nominated for five Golden ...

2. Jada Pinkett Smith

Actress | The Matrix Revolutions

Jada Koren Pinkett Smith was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Robsol Grant Pinkett, Jr., a contractor, and 'Gammy' Adrienne Banfield Norris, a nurse. They divorced after only a few months of marriage. Her father is of African-American descent and her mother is of Afro-Caribbean ancestry (from ...

3. Tatyana Ali

Actress | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Tatyana Marisol Ali was born on January 24, 1979, in North Bellmore, New York, to Sonia, a nurse from Panama, and Sheriff Ali, a retired police officer from Trinidad. At the age of four, she started singing and got a taste of fame when she begged her mother to take her to an audition for Sesame ...

4. Jaden Smith

Actor | The Karate Kid

Jaden Smith is an actor, known for The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), The Karate Kid (2010) and After Earth (2013). In addition to being an actor he is also a dancer, songwriter and rapper who won an MTV award for his performance in The Pursuit of Happyness. He co-starred with his father Will Smith ...

5. Willow Smith

Actress | I Am Legend

Willow Smith was born on October 31, 2000 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for I Am Legend (2007), Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) and Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008).

6. Trey Smith

Actor | All of Us

Trey Smith was born on November 11, 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for All of Us (2003), AcE Feat. Jaden and Willow Smith: Find You Somewhere (2012) and The Speech (2008).

7. LisaRaye McCoy

Actress | The Players Club

LisaRaye McCoy-Misick was born September 23, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. She is of African American and Native American descent and is proud of her heritage. She later attended Eastern Illinois University but she never really took the idea of a career in acting seriously until persuaded by an ...

8. Jo Champa

Actress | Out for Justice

Actress and model Jo Champa was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, to an American mother and an Italian father. At age seven, she relocated to Rome, Italy, where she was raised. Before the age of eighteen, Jo had already become one of Gianni Versace's favorite runway models.

Additionally, she acted as...

9. Jason Bateman

Actor | Arrested Development

Jason Bateman is an American film and television actor, known for his role as Michael Bluth on the television sitcom Arrested Development (2003), as well as his role on Valerie (1986).

He was born in Rye, New York. His father, Kent Bateman, from a Utah-based family, is a film and television director...

10. Rachel Fox

Actress | Dream House

Rachel landed her first major role as, Kayla Huntington Scavo, on the ABC series Desperate Housewives. The recurring guest star role was then turned into a series regular stint which lasted for multiple seasons. Rachel later began working in film on her first feature, independent film 'Spork,' ...

11. Virginia Madsen

Actress | Sideways

One of the hottest stars of the mid-1980s, Virginia Madsen has since played a variety of roles that have cemented her reputation as a fantastic actress who can adapt to any part.

Virginia was born in Chicago, Illinois, and belongs to an acting family -- with her brother, Michael Madsen, also an ...

12. Jack Sabato

Actor | Diminished Capacity

Jack Sabato was born on August 6, 1994 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Diminished Capacity (2008) and Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan (2004).

13. Marisol Nichols

Actress | Spiral: From the Book of Saw

Marisol Nichols currently (2023) stars opposite Jenna Ortega in Paramounts Winter Spring Summer Fall. She recently starred opposite Chris Rock and Sam Jackson as Capt. Angie Garza in the Lions Gate film Spiral, and opposite Eugenio Derbez in the Lions Gate comedy The Valet. On the small screen ...

14. Atticus Shaffer

Actor | Frankenweenie

Atticus Ronald Shaffer was born on June 19, 1998 to Ron and Debbie Shaffer, with whom he resides in Acton, California. Shaffer was discovered by his manager in 2006 and soon landed a guest starring role in the series The Class (2006). That role led him to the role of Brick in the original ABC pilot,...

15. Jae Head

Actor | The Blind Side

Jae Head was born on December 27, 1996 in Hamlin, Texas, USA. He is an actor, known for The Blind Side (2009), Hancock (2008) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999).

16. Peter Berg

Actor | Chicago Hope

Peter Berg is an American actor, director, writer, and producer. His first role was in the Adam Rifkin road movie Never on Tuesday (1988). He went on to star in the World War 2 film A Midnight Clear (1992). Roles in Fire in the Sky (1993) and Cop Land (1997) followed, and the Tom Cruise films ...

17. Tia Mowry

Actress | Sister, Sister

Tia Mowry was born on July 6, 1978 in Gelnhausen, Hesse, Germany. She is an actress and producer, known for Sister, Sister (1994), The Hot Chick (2002) and The Game (2006). She was previously married to Cory Hardrict.

18. Minnie Driver

Actress | Circle of Friends

Minnie Driver was born January 31, 1970 in London and raised in Barbados until she was seven. Her mother, Gaynor Churchward, was a designer and former couture model. Her father, Charles Ronald "Ronnie" Driver, was a businessman. Minnie's mother was her father's mistress while he was still married ...

19. Kiely Williams

Actress | The House Bunny

Kiely Williams was born on July 9, 1986 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. She is an actress and director, known for The House Bunny (2008), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008) and The Cheetah Girls: One World (2008). She has been married to Brandon Cox since December 17, 2016. They have two ...

20. Adrienne Houghton

Actress | Coach Carter

Adrienne Eliza Bailon was born on October 24, 1983 in New York City, New York to Nilda Felix & Freddy Bailon. She was raised by her parents & her stepfather Joe Felix. She has a sister named Claudette, who's 3 years older. When they were younger, they would sing for family & friends at home. They ...

21. Sabrina Bryan

Actress | The Cheetah Girls 2

Sabrina Bryan was born on September 16, 1984 in Yorba Linda, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Cheetah Girls 2 (2005), The Cheetah Girls (2003) and Sydney White (2007). She has been married to Jordan Lundberg since October 6, 2018. They have two children.

22. Tisha Campbell

Actress | Little Shop of Horrors

Tisha Michelle Campbell was born on October 13, 1968 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma & raised in Newark, New Jersey. Her first TV appearance was at the age of 8 on episode #006 of the PBS show, The Big Blue Marble (1974). The show featured stories on the life and culture of children from around the ...

23. Kevin James

Actor | Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Kevin James was born Kevin George Knipfing on April 26, 1965, in Mineola, Long Island, New York, to Janet (Klein), an office worker, and Joseph Valentine Knipfing, Jr., an insurance agency owner. He was raised in Stony Brook, and attended SUNY Cortland, where he played fullback on the football team...

24. Steffiana De La Cruz

Actress | Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Steffiana De La Cruz was born on August 28, 1974 in the USA. She is an actress, known for Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009), Zookeeper (2011) and Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015). She has been married to Kevin James since June 19, 2004. They have four children.

25. Amanda Peet

Actress | 2012

Amanda Peet was born and raised in New York City. She is the daughter of Penny (Levy), a social worker, and Charles Peet, a lawyer, and has an older sister. Her father was of mostly English and German ancestry, and her mother was from a Jewish family (from Germany, Russia, and Hungary). Peet's ...

26. Adrianne Palicki

Actress | G.I. Joe: Retaliation

Adrianne Palicki was born in Toledo, Ohio, to Nancy (French) and Jeffrey Palicki. Her father is of Polish and Hungarian descent, and her mother is of English and German ancestry. Adrianne graduated from Whitmer High School. She did not take the stage in her first play until she was a sophomore at ...

27. Connie Britton

Actress | American Ultra

Connie Britton began playing country music fading sensation Rayna Jaymes in Nashville (2012) after having wrapped production for the five season long Friday Night Lights (2006) alongside Kyle Chandler. She previously appeared in Universal's Friday Night Lights (2004) -the movie- directed by Peter ...

28. Charlize Theron

Producer | Monster

Charlize Theron was born in Benoni, a city in the greater Johannesburg area, in South Africa, the only child of Gerda Theron (née Maritz) and Charles Theron. She was raised on a farm outside the city. Theron is of Afrikaner (Dutch, with some French Huguenot and German) descent, and Afrikaner ...

29. Stuart Townsend

Actor | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Stuart Townsend was born in Howth, County Dublin in 1972. Although his father, Peter Townsend was a professional golfer, Stuart was determined to be an actor and began his career by appearing in a number of student films, while attending the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin. He supported himself ...

30. Chris Daughtry

Soundtrack | Wanderlust

Chris Daughtry was born on December 26, 1979 in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor, known for Wanderlust (2012), Criminal Minds (2005) and NCIS: Los Angeles (2009). He has been married to Deanna Daughtry since November 11, 2000. They have four children.

31. Sinbad

Actor | Jingle All the Way

Sinbad was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan to two parents, Louise and the Baptist Rev. Dr. Donald Beckley Adkins and was then known as David Adkins. He is primarily known as an actor and somewhat a writer and proved his comedic acting style in House Guest (1994), Jingle All the Way (1996), First ...

32. Damon Wayans

Writer | My Wife and Kids

A tall (6'2"), sly, cueball-domed comedian of film and television satire, Damon Wayans hit outrageous 90's TV stardom playing various wise guys and streetwise slick characters on older brother Keenen Ivory Wayans' landmark, black-oriented TV sketch comedy In Living Color (1990). The show was pretty...

33. Queen Latifah

Actress | Chicago

Often considered hip-hop's first lady, the woman behind the moniker Queen Latifah was born Dana Elaine Owens on March 18, 1970, in East Orange, New Jersey. She is the daughter of Rita (Bray), a teacher, and Lancelot Owens Sr. She came from a police family-both her father and her older brother were ...

34. Terrell Owens

Actor | Any Given Sunday

Terrell Owens was born on December 7, 1973 in Alexander City, Alabama, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Any Given Sunday (1999), Dysfunctional Friends (2012) and Lap Dance (2014). He has been married to Rachel Snider since January 23, 2014.

35. Vanessa Williams

Actress | Ugly Betty

Vanessa Lynne Williams was born on March 18, 1963 in Tarrytown, Greenburgh, New York and raised in Millwood, New Castle, New York to Helen Williams & Milton Williams, both music teachers. Vanessa and her brother grew up in suburban New York in comfortable surroundings. Vanessa sang and danced in ...

36. Michael Mann

Producer | The Insider

As a director, screenwriter, and producer, four-time Academy Award nominee Michael Mann has established himself as one of the most innovative and influential filmmakers in American cinema. After writing and directing the Primetime Emmy Award-winning television movie The Jericho Mile (1979), Mann ...

37. Summer Mann

Art_director | White Horse

Summer Mann is known for White Horse (2010) and The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005). She has been married to Michael Mann since 1974. They have four children.

38. Justine Bateman

Producer | Violet

Born in Rye, New York, writer/director/producer/author Justine Bateman's directorial feature film debut of her own script, Violet (2021), stars Olivia Munn, Luke Bracey, and Justin Theroux. The film premiered at SXSW and The Toronto Film Festival in 2021. It was released in theaters, to much ...

39. Thomas Jane

Actor | Boogie Nights

Thomas Jane is an American actor who is known for portraying Frank Castle from the 2004 Marvel Comics film The Punisher and the 2012 fan film Dirty Laundry. He also was in Boogie Nights, The Thin Red Line, Deep Blue Sea, The Predator, 1922, The Mist and Evening Raga of the West.

40. Valerie Bertinelli

Actress | One Day at a Time

Valerie Bertinelli was born in Wilmington, Delaware, to Nancy (Carvin) and Andrew Francis Bertinelli, Jr., a General Motors executive, and raised with her one older and two younger brothers. In her early teens, her father was transferred to a GM assembly plant in the Detroit, Michigan area and her ...

41. Sean 'Diddy' Combs

Actor | Get Him to the Greek

Sean "Diddy" Combs has cemented himself as one of the most successful entrepreneurs and cultural icons of all-time. Standing as a respected symbol of relentless ambition, for three decades Combs' unrivaled influence is only matched by an unparalleled ability to innovate, evolve, and consistently ...

42. Quincy Brown

Actor | Dope

Quincy Brown effectively executes across film/television, music, fashion, sports and tech with ease. Better known by his mononym Quincy, he is proving to be a memorable rule breaker for the ages. Quincy went on to capture the hearts for his memorable role in the 2015 Cannes and Sundance Film ...

43. Christian Combs

Actor | Impulse

Christian Combs was born on April 1, 1998 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Impulse (2023), Wu-Tang: An American Saga (2019) and French Montana x King Combs x Kodak Black: Can't Stop Won't Stop (Remix) (2023).

44. Akiva Goldsman

Writer | A Beautiful Mind

Akiva Goldsman was born on July 7, 1962 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for A Beautiful Mind (2001), Batman & Robin (1997) and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022).

45. Amanda Anka

Actress | Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Amanda Anka was born on December 10, 1968 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), Lost Highway (1997) and Taxi (2004). She has been married to Jason Bateman since July 3, 2001. They have two children.

46. Tyrese Gibson

Actor | Baby Boy

Tyrese Darnell Gibson was born December 30, 1978 in Watts, Los Angeles, California, where he was raised. He is an R&B singer, songwriter, actor, author, television producer and model. He is well known for his actor role as Roman Pearce in the The Fast and Furious movie franchise. Other popular ...

47. Brandon T. Jackson

Actor | Tropic Thunder

Brandon Timothy Jackson was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Beverly Yvonne (Bozeman) and Wayne Timothy Jackson. His parents are both pastors, and his maternal grandfather was a Pentecostal child preacher. He credits his sense of humor to both his father and his life straddling the ...

48. Liu Yifei

Actress | Mulan

Crystal Liu, better known by her stage name Liu Yifei, was born in Wuhan, on August 25, 1987. She began modeling at 8. She was trained in singing, dancing & the piano. She moved to the U.S. at 10 w/ her mom, where she lived for 4 years. She returned to China in June 2002 to pursue a modeling & ...

49. Larry Birkhead

Actor | Rainbows

Larry Birkhead was born on January 22, 1973 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Rainbows (2023), Mad TV (1995) and Hopelessly in Love (2020).

50. James Lassiter

Producer | Seven Pounds

James Lassiter is known for Seven Pounds (2008), Hitch (2005) and The Harder They Fall (2021).

51. Amy Pascal

Producer | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Amy Pascal is an American film producer and executive for Sony Pictures. She produced several Spider-Man films and spin-offs including the Venom film series, the 2016 Ghostbusters remake, the Jumanji sequels, Little Women and The Post. She got acclaim for producing Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse...

52. Doug Belgrad

Producer | Gran Turismo

Doug Belgrad is known for Gran Turismo (2023), Charlie's Angels (2019) and The Pope's Exorcist (2023).

53. Vail Bloom

Actress | The Young and the Restless

Vail Bloom was born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She is known for The Young and the Restless (1973), Cold Case (2003) and Surviving the Wild (2018).

54. Valerie Azlynn

Actress | Tropic Thunder

Azlynn was born Valerie Asselin in New London, Connecticut and was raised there. She had open-heart surgery to repair an atrial septal defect at age 13. She attended The Williams School and Waterford High School. She moved to New York City at age 17 to pursue a career as an actress, building her ...

55. John Witherspoon

Actor | Friday

John Witherspoon was an African-American actor from Detroit, Michigan known for playing Granddad from The Boondocks and Willie Jones from the Friday trilogy. He also acted in Boomerang, Little Nicky, Soul Plane, Vampire in Brooklyn, Black Jesus and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. He passed away in ...

56. Mike Epps

Actor | Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Mike Epps was born on November 18, 1970 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), Friday After Next (2002) and The Hangover (2009). He has been married to Kyra Robinson Epps since June 23, 2019. They have two children. He was previously ...

57. Cory Hardrict

Actor | American Sniper

Cory Hardrict was born on November 9, 1979 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for American Sniper (2014), Brotherly Love (2015) and November Criminals (2017). He was previously married to Tia Mowry.

58. Liz Wicker

Actress | Hancock

Liz Wicker is known for Hancock (2008), Battleship (2012) and Don't Pass Me By (2013).

59. Robinne Lee

Actress | National Security

Robinne Lee (born July 16, 1974) is an American actress and author. She made her screen debut in the 1997 independent film Hav Plenty, and later has appeared in films National Security (2003), Deliver Us from Eva (2003), Hitch (2005), Seven Pounds (2008), Fifty Shades Darker (2017), and Fifty ...

60. Serinda Swan

Actress | Reacher

Serinda Swan can be seen as the female lead in the second season of Amazon's hit show Reacher.

While her considerable appeal and presence have landed her roles in tent-poles like Disney's Tron and Fox's Percy Jackson franchise, it's Serinda's intelligence, good humor and athleticism that garnered ...

61. Michael Lynton

Self | Sunday Morning Shootout

Mr. Lynton has served on our board of directors since April 2013 and has been Chairman of our board of directors since September 2016. Mr. Lynton served as Chief Executive Officer or Co-Chief Executive Officer of Sony Entertainment Inc., an international entertainment company, from April 2012 until...

62. Keith Middlebrook

Actor | Iron Man 2

Keith Lawrence Middlebrook was born on August 4, 1967 in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Floyd Kenneth Middlebrook & Martha Maria Middlebrook and is the youngest of three children.He lives and operates his companies primarily out of Newport Beach, California about 30 minutes just outside of LA . However he ...

63. Chi McBride

Actor | Gone in Sixty Seconds

Chi McBride was born on September 23, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), I, Robot (2004) and The Terminal (2004). He is married to Julissa Marquez. They have one child.

64. Pamela Holt

Producer | Me, Myself & the World

Pamela Holt was born in Westlake Village, California, and grew up on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. She graduated UCLA, magna cum laude with a degree in Theater, Film & TV.

Her screen break came when she was cast as Woody Harrelson's Girlfriend in Indecent Proposal, with famed Director Adrian Lyne ...

65. Chad Rogers

Self | Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles

Chad Rogers was born on April 5, 1977 in Malibu, California, USA.

66. Daeg Faerch

Actor | Halloween

Daeg Faerch was born in San Diego, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Halloween (2007), Hancock (2008) and American Horror Story (2011).

67. Marlon Wayans

Actor | White Chicks

Marlon Wayans is an American actor, writer and comedian. He is known for playing Tyrone C. Love in Requiem for a Dream, Shorty Meeks from Scary Movie, Marcus Anthony Copeland II from White Chicks and Thunder from Marmaduke. He played Drake Winston/Robin in deleted scenes of Batman Returns and ...

68. Stephen Bishop

Actor | Moneyball

Stephen C. Bishop is an American actor and retired baseball player. Bishop attended the University of California, Riverside, where he played baseball for the Highlanders from 1991-1992. After college he signed a free agent contract with the Atlanta Braves and played in 20 games for Atlanta's ...

69. Pat Kingsley

The Thin Red Line

Pat Kingsley was born on May 7, 1932 in Gastonia, North Carolina, USA. She is a publicist, known for The Thin Red Line (1998), Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987) and Looking for Richard (1996). She was previously married to Walter Kingsley.

70. Darin Brooks

Actor | Blue Mountain State

Darin Brooks was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Blue Mountain State (2010), Amber Brown (2022) and The Croods: Family Tree (2021). He has been married to Kelly Kruger since March 21, 2016. They have one child.

71. Jennifer Carpenter

Actress | Dexter

Jennifer was born in Kentucky. Her mother is Catherine Mitchell and her father is Robert Carpenter.

She attended St. Raphael the Archangel and then Sacred Heart Academy. During her last two years of high school, she studied drama at the Walden Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky. She then trained at the ...